Traditional double-hulled Polynesian voyaging canoes Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia arrived Thursday at Avatiu Harbor in Rarotonga, Cook Islands, for the most recent stop on their Moananuiākea Voyage around ...

Voyaging canoes Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia returned to Rarotonga for the first time since 1992, with cultural ceremonies and ...

Voyaging canoes Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia finally left Tahiti and are headed to Rarotonga in the Cook Islands after more than a ...

RAROTONGA (HawaiiNewsNow) - For the first time in 33 years, the Hokulea and Hikilanalia have arrived in Rarotonga, the largest island of the Cook Islands. The last time the canoes arrived on shores ...

The United States has begun talks with the Cook Islands for research on seabed mineral exploration and development, the US State Department says.

The question facing its people is no longer just about mining - but about identity, sovereignty, stewardship, and the ocean ...

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration (MFAI) secretary Tepaeru Herrmann has reminded Pacific leaders how Pacific regionalism has helped the Cook Islands for over 60 years.

Local authorities are collaborating to create new guidelines and licensing for responsible whale watching and swimming to ...

After a short battle with pancreatic cancer, the late Romani Pakura Katoa was laid to rest today in his beloved home island ...

Fiji Under-16 football striker Saula Muatini dedicated his two goals against Cook Islands to his grandfather. Speaking after winning their second group match win in Honiara, Solomon Islands, on ...

The Cook Islands, which lies halfway between Hawaii and New Zealand, has long had to navigate around larger powers. First annexed by Britain in 1901, it became a New Zealand colony soon after.

The Cook Islands has good reason to worry that the good times may not last. It has lost 12% of its population in the past 12 years, as young people seek greener pastures in New Zealand.